timelymaid | third bubble; video. JOINT POST WITH JAKE. late morning.

[ When the video comes on it’s pretty clear that Aradia is pointing it at something not her. Mostly because what is on the screen? Is Jake English, freaking out with two baby pokemon - a buneary and a wooper - in his lap while two eggs are clearly in the process of hatching before him. The baby pokemon are being fairly noisy and clearly want attention and possibly to be fed. There’s some quiet laughter from behind the gear, but Aradia’s not making fun of the situation. She’s just. Amused. And excited!! Baby pokemon are totally her thing, okay. ]

They keep hatching! What do I do?! I’m quickly running out of arms to hold them with over here!

[ There’s some more laughter, but Aradia props the gear up nearby so it still has a shot and comes around front to sit down by the eggs. ]

Well, we’re lucky I have two arms, too, right? And I’ve got some food mixed up, too. Don’t worry!! You’re doing great. Look how cute they are!

[ She sounds fairly at ease, and apparently chose a good time to sit down, because it looks like we’re getting a baby bulbasaur into the mix. Hey there, little one! Aradia’s just going to reach over for the bulbasaur, going to clean it off as she hums. Jake sighs as he fights the buneary off from trying to steal his glasses. Those are off-limits to ALL Pokemon. ]

You’re a lifesaver and I don’t know what I’d do without you, Aradia. I didn’t expect four of them to hatch all at once, though!

[ He suddenly gives her a mock suspicious look. ]

Are any of yours hatching today, too?

No, I’ve got a few more days before any hatch. The Pichu eggs should hatch...in three or four days? And that’s the soonest. [ So they’ll have even more baby pokemon in three or four days. Yeah. Speaking of, there is one last egg...] Oh, that’s the Swablu egg, right? [ She’s excited to see the Swablu. She’s never seen one in person before. ]

Ah, yes, that’s certainly--

[ Oh. That’s definitely not a blue Swablu. ]

... [ Jake kind of. Stares at it. Aradia is also sort of staring at it, a thoughtful little frown on her face. She picks up the pokemon, juggling bulbasaur over gently, and the Swablu seems to be healthy, despite the colour... ]

He seems to be fine - I’m not sure why he’s yellow. I’ve never seen much variation in the colours for species so far! [ At all, really. Baby Swablu sorry you’re being manhandled, but at least she’s being gentle about it. And, oh. Maybe she should break out the pokesnacks...with no free hands. Give her a second to settle you in her lap and reach back for the stuff she prepared. Weird colours or no, pokemon need to eat! ]

Ohmygosh I have a Tweety Bird!!

[ No, Jake didn’t hear a word of what Aradia said. He’s too preoccupied with the fact that he’s got what looks like a canary. ]

I thought it was a Swablu? But it’s a Tweety Bird pokebeast? [ People who never watched cartoons as children, even the Troll equivalents: Aradia Megido.

While Jake starts to correct her, the pokegear falls off of the table it was on, cutting off. Whoops.

Red is Aradia, green is Jake! Replies will come from either Aradia or Jake, but probably both; thread-jacking will happen and is fine. Any friends in Violet can alternately hit up Jake's room in person if they know where it is and want in on all this baby pokemon action. ]

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That's why you don't get too many eggs at once...

Two of them were birthday presents! Actually, isn't she yours? [ "She" being Natalie Wood the Bulbasaur.

Aradia is actually holding both of the birthday present pokemon. Coincidence! ]

Technically, yeah.

You can still store eggs in the PC though.

Oh, I guess that's true! I don't think any of the others will be hatching on the same day, at least - correct me if I'm wrong, Jake.

[ Something feels weird about leaving baby eggs in the PC, but that's probably just because she likes having them around. ]

Anyway, there are at least enough hands to go around for the moment. Which there might not have been if he'd still been travelling alone.

Hey. I traveled with Eridan when I first arrived. Might as fucking well have traveled alone, with how much help from him I got.

I'm sure he would have managed one way or the other. But I certainly don't mind helping, and Jane and Roxy are handy, too.

[ That's probably why no one visited Eridan in his land to help shoot up angels. ]

Yeah... Up until one of them disappears.

Or until I do? [ She's not sure why he didn't mention that possibility. ]

I don't think there's any point in worrying about that, for now! If it happens, it does. If not, there's no sense fretting.

It could be you, true. You never know when that's going to happen.

So plan for the uncertain? [ Although really she'll just roll with it either way. It isn't as though they haven't lost people before, although usually not for very long. ] Whatever the case, I'm here to help right now!

More or less. I keep a contingency plan just in case and all that shit.

[ he wouldn't be Karkat Vantas if he didn't, you know? ]

I believe our lives have adequately prepared us for dealing with the unexpected! Although I admittedly usually have more of an advantage there. I definitely don't here, though.

I'm sure you're actually pretty excited about that.

I am! Although my voices never bothered me as much as Sollux's voices bothered him, I think. [ Although they did encourage her to basically commit suicide via Vriska that one time, but anyway. ] It's fun not to have a destiny, don't you think? There's nowhere I have to be and there's nothing in particular I have to do. It's exciting!

It's fucking boring.

[ but he doesn't want to leave either. this is better than the meteor. ]

I don't know if boring is a bad thing! Or did you want the excitement of home?

If you can really call riding on a meteor exciting...

No.

Well, the meteor was being chased by a semi-omnipotent enemy of ours?

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[Aradia gets the thumbs up. You got that right, qurlfran.]

Actually, I think at least four of them are birthday presents. I only bought two or three.

[Successfully restrained Kathleen! Henry the Wooper is kind of chilling out on Jake's shoulder, blowing bubbles languidly.]

Two of these four are presents, though!

[ Obviously they've still got like four eggs to go or something. Jake has a problem. ]

No, Kathleen and Henry are presents from Cheria and Eridan.

[He chuckles.]

Ironically, Cheria continued the tradition of giving the gift of rabbits for birthdays!

[ ...Okay, so basically all the pokemon were presents. Jake's a lucky man. ]

My count was off, then. Do all birthdays end with an explosion of eggs here? I think everyone else who had a birthday got eggs, too.

[Or unlucky, since it means an overhaul of eggs that makes his friends facepalm to oblivion.]

Well, some people give out handmade things or something besides eggs. Dave gave me music, for example.

[ Except Aradia, who is pretty pleased and made lots of egg sketches. Keep on giving her stuff to do, Jake! ]

Oh! I really liked his mixes at the party, actually. The ones on your and Jade's birthday were my favourites. He said they were explorer-themed?